2024 population: 479,971 ( 6,428 from 2020)
Land area: 1697.6 square miles
Population density: 282.7 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	352,989	73.54%	1.0%
Black:	43,996	9.17%	4.8%
Indian:	1,983	0.41%	2.0%
Asian:	27,019	5.63%	16.7%
2+ races:	16,654	3.47%	9.0%
Hispanic:	37,330	7.78%	7.3%

Total non-White:	126,982	26.46%	8.4%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	19,486	10.3
Deaths:	19,671	10.4
Net Migration:	-4,296	-2.3
Net Immigration:	10,784	5.7

Change in White population:	-3,396	-0.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	9,824	2.1

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
473,543
356,385	75.26%
41,995	8.87%
1,945	0.41%
23,156	4.89%
15,278	3.23%
34,784	7.35%
117,158	24.74%

2010
464,036
363,242	78.28%
40,098	8.64%
1,955	0.42%
17,512	3.77%
12,049	2.60%
28,574	6.16%
100,794	21.72%

2000
447,728
367,996	82.19%
35,510	7.93%
2,029	0.45%
11,841	2.64%
8,520	1.90%
21,201	4.74%
79,732	17.81%

1990
432,674
374,361	86.52%
30,675	7.09%
2,536	0.59%
8,531	1.97%
n/a
16,571	3.83%
58,313	13.48%

1980
419,750
377,179	89.86%
22,998	5.48%
2,085	0.50%
4,010	0.96%
n/a
13,011	3.10%
42,571	10.14%

1970
378,423
353,142	93.32%
14,376	3.80%
756	0.20%
1,170	0.31%
n/a
8,302	2.19%
25,281	6.68%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
48,206	10.4
33,985	7.3
-15,722	-3.4
19,771	4.3

-6,857	-1.5
16,364	3.5

Number	Rate
2000's
52,544	11.7
29,676	6.6
-25,405	-5.7
10,573	2.4

-4,754	-1.1
21,062	4.7

Number	Rate
1990's
60,759	14.0
29,617	6.8
-28,993	-6.7
5,285	1.2

-6,365	-1.5
21,419	5.0

Number	Rate
1980's
64,933	15.5
26,156	6.2
-24,780	-5.9
n/a

-2,818	-0.7
15,742	3.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-2,716	-0.7
n/a

24,037	6.4
17,290	4.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2024
Number	Percent
37.5
109,182	22.7%
370,789	77.3%
92,594	19.3%

222,289
2.34

129,418	58.2%
97,760	75.5%
10,732	8.3%
92,871	41.8%

2010
Number	Percent
34.6
102,312	22.0%
361,724	78.0%
54,226	11.7%

183,422
2.42

112,131	61.1%
82,747	73.8%
12,700	11.3%
71,291	38.9%

2000
Number	Percent
32.9
110,589	24.7%
337,139	75.3%
45,014	10.1%

172,525
2.48

110,774	64.2%
86,290	77.9%
11,990	10.8%
61,751	35.8%

1990
Number	Percent
38.4
141,822	32.8%
290,852	67.2%
49,627	11.5%

196,283
2.09

137,151	69.9%
112,626	82.1%
12,708	9.3%
59,132	30.1%

1980
Number	Percent
?
157,681	37.6%
262,069	62.4%
43,234	10.3%

192,851
2.73

134,080	69.5%
109,321	81.5%
14,591	10.9%
58,771	30.5%

2024 Housing Data for Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	12,117	5.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	8,131	3.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	7,258	3.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	7,020	3.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	8,391	3.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	8,375	3.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	8,398	3.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	8,835	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	8,548	3.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	16,785	7.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	21,802	9.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	30,675	13.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	23,688	10.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	16,397	7.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	18,692	8.4%
$200,000 or more	17,177	7.7%

Median Household Income	71,867
Per Capita Income	39,283

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	87

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	10,231	4.6%
Public Assistance	7,128	3.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	27,146	12.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	233,998	71.6%
Unemployed	12,737	3.9%
In Armed Forces	410	0.1%

Total Labor Force	247,145	75.7%
Not in Labor Force	79,532	24.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	92,212	73,023	55.8%
Non-Profit	10,042	19,089	34.5%
Self-Employed	10,923	8,358	56.7%

Local Government	6,863	10,859	38.7%
State Government	14,456	16,959	46.0%
Federal Government	1,784	2,288	43.8%

Total Private + Self	103,135	81,381	55.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	33,145	49,195	40.3%
Total	136,280	130,576	51.1%

Pct. Govt.	19.9%
Pct. Private + Self	69.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	41,910	15.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	52,197	19.5%
Professional, Technical	68,911	25.8%
Service Occupations	44,198	16.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,323	0.5%
All others	60,004	22.5%

White Collar		61.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Educational services	36,489	13.7%
Health care and social assistance	34,948	13.1%
Manufacturing	32,882	12.3%
Retail trade	27,557	10.3%
Public administration	19,956	7.5%
Accommodation and food services	17,057	6.4%
Finance and insurance	16,123	6.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	14,879	5.6%
Construction	13,600	5.1%
Other services	11,684	4.4%
Transportation and warehousing	10,774	4.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	10,069	3.8%
Wholesale trade	4,599	1.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	4,444	1.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	4,174	1.6%
Information	3,214	1.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,485	0.9%
Utilities	2,059	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	182	0.1%
Management	45	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	26,977	4.99%
Puerto Rican	2,540	0.47%
Cuban	2,186	0.40%
Dominican	268	0.05%

Total Central American	1,231	0.23%
Costa Rican	182	0.03%
Guatemalan	436	0.08%
Honduran	288	0.05%
Nicaraguan	59	0.01%
Panamanian	126	0.02%
Salvadoran	140	0.03%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,493	0.28%
Argentinean	245	0.05%
Bolivian	59	0.01%
Chilean	115	0.02%
Colombian	273	0.05%
Ecuadorian	369	0.07%
Paraguayan	45	0.01%
Peruvian	206	0.04%
Uruguayan	17	0.00%
Venezuelan	135	0.02%
Other South American	29	0.01%

Other Hispanic	3,293	0.61%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	5,892	1.09%
Chinese	4,775	0.88%
Vietnamese	2,633	0.49%
Korean	2,017	0.37%
Filipino	1,384	0.26%
Burmese	1,055	0.20%
Hmong	666	0.12%
Taiwanese	474	0.09%
Japanese	431	0.08%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	465,163	90.7%
Spanish	14,338	2.8%
Other Indo-European	6,742	1.3%
Chinese	4,866	0.9%
Other Asian	4,748	0.9%
Other	4,115	0.8%
Arabic	3,011	0.6%
German, other Germanic	2,528	0.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2,175	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	113,951	21.1%
English	73,319	13.6%
Irish	63,037	11.7%
Polish	25,754	4.8%
American	22,129	4.1%
Italian	18,861	3.5%
French	13,464	2.5%
Dutch	12,780	2.4%
Scottish	12,076	2.2%
European	10,966	2.0%
Swedish	6,500	1.2%
French Canadian	5,360	1.0%
Norwegian	4,580	0.8%
Czech	4,015	0.7%
Scotch-Irish	3,337	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	522,766	96.7%
Not a citizen	17,894	3.3%

Native	506,571	93.7%
Foreign-born	34,089	6.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
6,527	1.8%	15,361	4.3%	89,397	24.9%	121,402	33.8%	75,545	21.1%	50,621	14.1%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	6,527	1.8%
9-12 Years	15,361	4.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	89,397	24.9%
Some College	121,402	33.8%
Bach. Degree	75,545	21.1%
Grad Degree	50,621	14.1%
Average years of education: 13.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	503,009	470,877	32,132	6.4%
1991	495,097	457,966	37,131	7.5%
1992	492,628	462,283	30,345	6.2%
1993	495,899	467,031	28,868	5.8%
1994	505,420	482,062	23,358	4.6%
1995	504,914	484,947	19,967	4.0%
1996	510,737	491,633	19,104	3.7%
1997	519,312	503,576	15,736	3.0%
1998	522,146	505,554	16,592	3.2%
1999	521,518	508,528	12,990	2.5%

2000	532,805	516,607	16,198	3.0%
2001	536,867	515,520	21,347	4.0%
2002	527,046	503,015	24,031	4.6%
2003	528,807	500,201	28,606	5.4%
2004	532,748	501,384	31,364	5.9%
2005	533,678	500,891	32,787	6.1%
2006	536,811	503,235	33,576	6.3%
2007	536,263	503,652	32,611	6.1%
2008	532,673	496,083	36,590	6.9%
2009	526,434	469,213	57,221	10.9%

2010	520,610	469,903	50,707	9.7%
2011	512,256	470,446	41,810	8.2%
2012	508,255	470,679	37,576	7.4%
2013	511,879	474,868	37,011	7.2%
2014	515,788	484,808	30,980	6.0%
2015	518,279	494,337	23,942	4.6%
2016	527,460	504,955	22,505	4.3%
2017	532,286	510,088	22,198	4.2%
2018	533,061	513,934	19,127	3.6%
2019	533,752	515,694	18,058	3.4%

2020	519,181	480,383	38,798	7.5%
2021	501,986	475,087	26,899	5.4%
2022	515,191	492,635	22,556	4.4%
2023	540,325	520,041	20,284	3.8%
2024	547,321	523,034	24,287	4.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	237,654
Median Value	$207,472

Occupied	222,289	93.5%
Vacant	15,365	6.5%

Owned	151,862	68.3%
Rented	70,427	31.7%
Median Rent	$1,063

Single-Family Units	168,909	71.1%
Detached	159,758	67.2%
Attached	9,151	3.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	46,622	19.6%
Mobile Homes	9,677	4.1%

Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

2024 Housing Data for Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area